Improvement in veterinary surgical instruments



L; W. HAMILTON.

VETERINARY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. N0.186,7Z6. Patented J'an.30,1877;

WITNESSES: BY

ATTBBNEYS.

MPETERS. PNDTO-LITHDGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIGE.

LEWIS WOODS HAMILTON, OF PENDLETON, OREGON.

IMPROVEMENT IN VETERINARY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,723,.dated January30, 1877; application tiled November 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEWIs W. HAMILTON, ofPendleton, in the county of Umatilla and State of Oregon, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Combined Shears or mediate of thenippers and shears, and the,

shanks of the latter are provided with a fingerloop and guard.

I desire it to be'understood, however, that I do not claim, broadly, animplement combining the functions of nippers and shears.

In the drawing, A A indicate the jaws of the nippers, which are madecup-shaped or recessed. B B are the cutters or blades formed on theopposite end of the levers,

which are pivoted together in the manner of ordinary shears. 'lo adaptthe instrument to be reversed, to bring either the nippers or shearsinto-use, I provide one lever with a loop, 0, which is made to turnfreely and is secured by riveting or other suitable means. The otherlever or shank of the instrument is provided with the guard c, tofacilitate the opening of the instrument by the action of the fingers.

,In the operation of castration, the end of the pouch or scrotum is cutoff with the shears B, and, the instrument being reversed in the hand,the testicles are drawn by means of the nippers A.

What I claim as new is- The improved veterinary surgical instrument,formed of nippers having cup-shaped jaws, the cutters or shears B B, theguard c and a loop, 0, combined and arranged in the manner shown anddescribed. LEWIS WOODS HAMILTON. Witnesses:

G. W. BAILEY, S. ROTHCHILD.

